Three runs when it mattered
Anaheim went quiet in the 10th. Texas loaded the bases with nobody out, then turned a tie into a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. Brandon Nimmo lined the go-ahead single to right, and Jake Burger stung another single to the same corner to drive in two more.
It was the opener of a four-game series and the first Texas win at Angel Stadium this season, after three earlier trips there ended in defeat. The Rangers have now taken five of their last six.
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Trout homers, Texas answers
Mike Trout got the Angels going in the first with a 418-foot drive to left-center, his 20th of the year and the 424th of his career. That blast tied him with Edwin Encarnacion for 54th on the all-time list and gave him his 11th career 20-homer season. It was also his 49th home run against Texas.
The Rangers pulled level in the fourth. Ezequiel Duran opened with a check-swing single, moved to third on a Nimmo hit, and scored on a two-out single from Elias Diaz. Texas nearly broke it open in the seventh, but Wade Meckler reached above the right-field wall to rob Corey Seager of a three-run homer.
The AL West stays tight
Peyton Gray worked a clean ninth to earn the win, and All-Star Jacob Latz closed the 10th for his 23rd save. Reid Detmers deserved more for the Angels, allowing one run over six innings with six strikeouts, though he is still chasing his first home win of the year. Luke Murphy took the loss after three runs in a third of an inning.
The result keeps Texas half a game back in the American League West, right in the middle of a division race that will not settle. Wyatt Langford walked and Seager singled to start the decisive 10th, sending Nicky Lopez to third before Nimmo brought him home.
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